How Ford is building more efficient EV batteries with help from a tiny charging startup it bought 2 years ago
Kristin Toussaint / fastcompany - When it comes to EVs, a bigger battery isn’t always better. Ford Motor Company is making that bet as part of its effort to manufacture a new suite of more affordable electric vehicles—beginning with a $30,000-starting-price mid-size electric truck set to …
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NASA confirms target date for crewed Artemis II lunar flight
digitaltrends - NASA has announced a date for the second wet dress rehearsal for the SLS rocket that will send a crew of astronauts on a voyage around the moon in the highly anticipated Artemis II mission. The space agency also confirmed that the earliest the rocket coul…
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TUM spinout Sitegeist grabs €4M for AI robots fixing concrete renovation labour crunch
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Europe has a major backlog of infrastructure repairs. Many bridges, tunnels, parking structures, and public buildings need urgent…
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Watch the NASA SpaceX Crew-12 mission dock with the ISS
Mariella Moon / engadget - The Crew-12 mission, SpaceX’s 20th human spaceflight, launched at 5:15 AM Eastern on February 13 from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It’s expected to dock with the International Space Station today, February 14, at 3:15 PM, and you can watch the event below a…
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Google boosts Gemini 3 Deep Think AI and it’s a huge milestone for 3D printing
digitaltrends - Gemini 3 Deep Think is focused on scientific and engineering work, and it's now now available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app. The post Google boosts Gemini 3 Deep Think AI and it’s a huge milestone for 3D printing appeared first on Digit…
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Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Google Deepmind says its upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think mode leads major reasoning and coding benchmarks.The article Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks appeared first on The Decoder.
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With Europe seeking greater defense and space autonomy, Deep Space Energy secures €930k to advance lunar energy tech
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Riga-based SpaceTech startup Deep Space Energy has raised a total €930k to further develop a radioisotopic generator toward commercialisation, in a bid to strengthen the European sovereign space and defense industry and power Moon surface exploration. The…
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Apptronik raises $520M to produce humanoid Apollo robot commercial deployments
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Apptronik Inc., the maker of artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, today announced it has raised $520 million more in early-stage funding, bringing the total capital raised by the company to nearly $1 billion. The Series A-X extension round fol…
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NASA moves Artemis 2 launch to March after hydrogen leak during testing
Mariella Moon / engadget - NASA started making the final preparations for the Artemis 2 mission in early January, with the hopes of opening its launch window as soon as February 6. After issues showed up during the mission’s wet dress rehearsal in the early hours of February 3, how…
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Intel Xeon 600 Workstation CPUs Launched: Up To 86 Cores, 8000 MT/s Memory, 128 Gen5 Lanes, 350W TDP With OC Support, & More Cores/$ Than Threadripper 9000
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Intel has unveiled its next-gen Xeon 600 workstation CPUs codenamed Granite Rapids, featuring up to 86 cores & better cores/$ value than Threadripper. Intel Fires Back At AMD Threadripper 9000 With Better Cores/$ Value On Xeon 600 Workstation CPUs Today, …
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Carbonaide raises €3.7M to commercialise CO₂-curing and permanent carbon storage in concrete
Cate Lawrence / tech - Green concrete startup Carbonaide has raised €3.7 million to transform the concrete industry through carbon dioxide curing and permanent CO₂ storage. Carbonaide’s technology has been in commercial pro...
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The Artemis 2 Astronauts Will Observe Parts of the Moon Humans Have Never Laid Eyes On
Ellyn Lapointe / gizmodo - NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is no mere test flight. The crew will partake in some seriously mind-blowing science during their 10-day trip around the Moon.
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Lausanne-based SWISSto12 secures €73 million to develop its compact satellite HummingSat ahead of planned 2027 launch
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - SWISSto12, a Lausanne-based aerospace company and manufacturer of satellite systems and radio frequency (RF) products, today announced that it has secured €73 million ($84.8 million) in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states thro…
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The Fastest Human Spaceflight Mission In History Crawls Closer To Liftoff
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big step forward this weekend with the rollout of the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad. The rocket reached a to…
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Watch Live as NASA’s Artemis 2 Moon Rocket Rolls Out to the Launch Pad
Ellyn Lapointe / gizmodo - The final stage of launch preparations officially kicks off tomorrow.
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Apple's Foldable iPhone to Use Improved Titanium and Liquid Metal Hinge to Cut Weight [Rumor]
iclarified - Apple is turning to advanced metallurgy to solve the weight problem on its first foldable iPhone. New supply chain details suggest the company will use upgraded titanium and liquid metal alloys to keep the device durable without making it too heavy to hol…
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Meta Platforms creates new organization to lead its AI infrastructure buildout
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Meta Platforms Inc. is launching a new infrastructure division called Meta Compute that will be tasked with overseeing its aggressive data center buildout for artificial intelligence. Reuters reported that Meta plans to deploy new infrastructure that will…
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Canadian ice master makes Olympic history with the Games' 1st indoor temporary speedskating rink
go - Olympic officials have brought on ice master Mark Messer to prepare the speed skating rink for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games
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Medical Evacuation from Space Station Next Week for Astronaut in Stable Condition
EditorDavid / slashdot - It will be the first medical evacuation from the International space station in its 25-year history. The Guardian reports:An astronaut in the orbital laboratory reportedly fell ill with a "serious" but undisclosed issue. Nasa also had to cancel its first …
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The MacBook Pro is 20 years old, today
appleinsider - In one moment on January 10, 2006, Steve Jobs said Apple was through with the hit PowerBooks. So, instead, he unveiled the first MacBook Pro with Intel inside.The PowerBook had been a huge success for Apple from the day the first models were released on O…
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